Sectional rim.



J. l. FOLEY.

SECTIONAL RIM.

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SECHONAL RIM.

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portion. The marginal overlappi JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY, OF SAN EQLANGISCO, CALIFORNIA.

-SECTIONAL RIM.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 4,1917,

Application fled November 8, 1916. Serial No. 129,719

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I J OHN J. FOLEY, a citizen of the United tates, residin at San Francisco, in the county of San rancisco 5 andState of California, have invented certain' new and useful Improvements in Sectional Rims, of which the following is a,

specification. r r

This invention relates to a sectional,.de

10 mountable rim for automobiles, and the objcct of the invention is to provide a rim of this ty e which can be quickly applied and secured to the wheel, and which will have the sections locked together before being The invention also includes. novel features of construction which will be hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and which are shown in the drawings, as follows Figure 1 is a side elevation of the wheel partly in section. V

"FigDQ is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig., 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of 25 Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a portion of the innerface of the sectional rim, the sections being secured together.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of to Fig 1.

., ig. 6. is a perspective View of a locking 85 matic tire.

The felly 3 is provided with a metal-rim 4 having a retaining flange 5 on one side.

1 My divided rim 1s formed in two sections, the section 6 havin a curved flange 7 along the section 8 having a similar flange 9. When the two sections 6 and 8 are secured together and placed on the wheel, one of these flanges, in the drawin the flange 7, will engage the flange 5 of t e 45 fel iy rim 4.

e sections 6 and 8 are designed to overlap and the section 6 has its inner marginal portion ofi'set, as at 10, the inner marginal portion of the section 8 resting on said ofiset n portion of the section 8 is notched at suita le intervals as at 11.

To make a secure joint and aid in retaining the sections in proper relative position plates 12 are bolted or riveted to the inter a ve cc of the section 8 and these plates 11 offset ortions 13 which lap beneath or over the 0 set 10 of the section 6, so that said oifset is held between the section 6 andthe nner portion of the lates 12. The offsets 13 are provided wit opening 13 which,

when the plates are in thenotches 11.

position, register with f In order that the section rim will have no I I rocking movement onthe wheel I provide? til the sections Band 8 with lugs 14 which bear on the wheel and respectively on opposite sides of the onset portions.

The sections 6 and 8 are secured together when off as well as when on the wheel b bolts 15 and nuts 16 which bolts. ass through notches 15 in the section 8 and till able openings in the olfset portion 10 of the section 6 the bolts and nuts'resting on the rim 4, as 1n Fig. 3.

Through the felly I Pam sleeves 17, preferably six in number, and this sleeve is preferably a casting having a tapering bore longitudinally thro h it, its exterior shape is not material, nor Is it material whether the bore is square or oblong in cross section. Fitting in the bore and adapted to wedge therein is a locking pin 18 also tapered and of proper crosssectlon to accommodate the bore of the sleeve 17. In the drawings I have shown said pin as square in cross section, though it may have any other desired shape. But 1t can be more quickly fitted in place when made square, especially if the work 1halel to be done after dark and with but little rough Stilt-.

The locking pin is lon r than the sleeve and passes through suitab e openings including the'opening 13" and notch 11, passing through both ofi'set portions 10 and 13 an through the section 8.

It is retained in place by a plate or cup 19 secured to the inner face of the folly by a screw 20. There are of course as many locking pins and caps as sleeves.

To prevent damage to the inner tube when can be readily secured, and the two sections then looked to ether by thebolts 15.

It can then is quickly placed on a wheel and locked by inserting the pins 18, and tightenin! the screw 20 of the retaining plate 19 for each pin. A wrench for these screws being the only tool needed, or in an emergency they could be tightened by the fingers, there being practically no strain on the caps 19 the in wedging more or less snugly into the s eeve 17.

What 1 claim is:' y

1. In a. sectional rim, sections having outer tire retaining flanges, one of said sections having its inner marginal portion offset, and the other section overlapping the oifset portion, and plates secured to the last mentioned section and also being ofi'set and overlapping the ofl'set portion of the first mentioncd section.

2. In a divided rini, a flanged section having its inner marginal portion ofiset a secondfianged section adapted to overlap the offset of the first section, plates with oifset portions carried by the second section, the plates being offset to overlap the oflset of the first section, means for securing the sections in relative position with respect to each other, and lugs carried by the sections, respectively, and adapted to bear on a wheel rim.

3. In a divided rim, a flanged section having an oifset inner marginal portion, a flanged section overlapping said offset portion, plates carried by the inner face of the last mentioned section and overlapping the offset portion, said portion being held be tween the second mentioned section and said plates, and bolts passing through the overlapping sections and securing them together.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY. 

